[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 3/5] build: Alloc space for sched list in the link file
Andrew Cooper writes: > On 08/01/16 21:22, Jonathan Creekmore wrote: >> Creates a section to contain scheduler entry pointers that are gathered >> together into an array. This will allow, in a follow-on patch, scheduler >> entries to be automatically gathered together into the array for >> automatic parsing. >> >> CC: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> >> CC: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> >> CC: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx> >> CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> >> CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Creekmore <jonathan.creekmore@xxxxxxxxx> >> Reviewed-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> --- >> Changed since v3: >> * Add defensive check for schedulers in the linker >> >> Changed since v1: >> * rename the __start and __end symbols to better match >> the rest of the file >> --- >> xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S | 5 +++++ >> xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S | 5 +++++ >> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S >> index 0488f37..2492def 100644 >> --- a/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S >> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S >> @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ SECTIONS >> . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); >> *(.data.page_aligned) >> *(.data) >> + . = ALIGN(8); >> + __start_schedulers_array = .; >> + *(.data.schedulers) >> + __end_schedulers_array = .; >> *(.data.rel) >> *(.data.rel.*) >> CONSTRUCTORS >> @@ -193,3 +197,4 @@ SECTIONS >> * code running on the boot time identity map cannot cross a section >> boundary. >> */ >> ASSERT( _end_boot - start <= PAGE_SIZE, "Boot code is larger than 4K") >> +ASSERT((__end_schedulers_array - __start_schedulers_array) > 0, "no >> schedulers compiled in") >> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S >> index e18e08f..63f89af 100644 >> --- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S >> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S >> @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ SECTIONS >> __stop___pre_ex_table = .; >> >> *(.data.read_mostly) >> + . = ALIGN(8); >> + __start_schedulers_array = .; >> + *(.data.schedulers) >> + __end_schedulers_array = .; >> *(.data.rel.ro) >> *(.data.rel.ro.*) >> } :text >> @@ -226,3 +230,4 @@ ASSERT(kexec_reloc_size - kexec_reloc <= PAGE_SIZE, >> "kexec_reloc is too large") >> #endif >> >> ASSERT((cpu0_stack & (STACK_SIZE - 1)) == 0, "cpu0_stack misaligned") >> +ASSERT((__end_schedulers_array - __start_schedulers_array) > 0, "no >> schedulers compiled in") > > This patch won't build on its own, as the ASSERT() will fire. > Therefore, it breaks bisectability. > > In this patch (or the previous one), you need to move the schedulers > list into __section(".data.schedulers"), and undo the movement in patch > 4 when populating .data.schedulers properly. > > Alternatively, you could just merge patches 3 and 4. I don't think that > would reduce the clarity of what you were doing. Quite right. I think merging patches 3 and 4 is probably the most straightforward way. That way, one patch introduces the new section and actually populates that section. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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